Ice-creeper



(No Model.)

B. POPE.

I 10E GREEPER. No. 407,448. Patented July 23, 1889.

J a s 3637072973170 p UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN POPE, OF MERRILL, IVISOONSIN.

ICE-CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,448, dated July 23,1889. Application filed April 11, 1889. Serial No. 806,856. (No model.)

- in the county of Lincoln and State of Wisconsin, have invented a newand useful Attachment for Boots or Shoes, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in attachments for boots or shoes;and it consists in certain novel features, hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improveddevice, showing it applied to a boot; and Figs. 2 and 3 are plan viewsshowing different positions of the device. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view.

My improved device comprises the heel-' plate A and the sole-plates B B,of proper shape to conform to the outline of the bottom of a boot, andprovided on their under sides with the spurs or teeth 0. The said platesare further provided at their edges with the upwardly-projecting lugs D,which are adapted to engage the edges of the sole and the heel when thedevice is applied to a boot. The front ends of the sole-plates B B arepivoted together, as shown at E, so that the said plates can be spreadapart or drawn together, so as to be fitted to a wider or narrower shoe.The rear ends of these sole-plates are connected by the links F F, whichare pivoted together at their inner ends and have their outer endspivoted tothe rear ends of said plates.

The inner ends of the links F F are pivoted together by means of a postor stud depending from a bearing-block G, and in the said bearing-blockand the lug D, at the front edge of the heel-plate, I mount a right andleft hand screw H, which is provided at its center with an angularportion I, adapted to be engaged by a wrench.

In practice my device is placed against the sole and heel of the boot,and the right and left hand screw is then rotated, so as to clamp theplates to the boot. As the said screw is rotated the block Gwill bedrawn toward the lug D, and the heeLplate and the sole-platesconsequently drawn together, so as to be firmly secured to the boot. Atthe same time that the block G is drawn toward the heel, and the lug atthe front end of the sole-plates thereby clamped against the toe of theboot, the links F F will swing toward each other, so as to draw the soleplates together, and consequently clamp the lugs at the side edgesthereof against the sides of the sole of the boot. The device will thusbe securely clamped on the boot, so that it cannot be accidentallydisengaged therefrom.

My device is intended more especially for the use of lumbermen whenstarting logs on their journey toward the saw-mill, but is equally aswell adapted for use in other places and on all slippery surfaces.

The device is very simple, and will effectually prevent the user fallingwhile at work. They can be quickly applied to the boot, and when not inuse can be as easily detached therefrom and laid aside, and theadvantages of the device are thought to be obvious.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination of the heel-plate, the

sole-plates pivoted together at their front" ends, the links connectingthe rear ends of the sole-plates, and the screw extending between theheel-plate and the said links, as set forth.

2. The combination of the heel-plate having a lug at its front edge, thesole-plates pivoted together at their front ends, the links having theirouter ends pivoted to the rear ends of the sole-plates, thebearing-block G,

having a depending stud forming a pivot for s the inner ends of saidlinks, and the screw having its ends mounted in said bearingblock andthe lug D, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN POPE.

Witnesses:

ALBERT KOBLITZ, J OHN VAN HEELY.

